Emotional Value Attribution and Comparative Value Assessment – Analytical Elements for a Sociology of Valuation and Evaluation [post]

Anne K. Krueger, Martin Reinhart
2018 unpublished
The sociology of valuation and evaluation is a 'booming field' (Meer and Lamont, 2016: 8) that provides the thematic framework for a plethora of different empirical phenomena. Yet, current debates lament deficiencies in a clear analytical focus and a profound theoretical conceptualization. In this article, we therefore strive for more analytical and theoretical clarity, first, by suggesting an analytical differentiation of value, values, value attribution, and value assessment as the objects of
more » ... study within this research field. Second, we propose a theoretical conceptualization of valuation as emotional value attribution and evaluation as comparative value assessment. Assuming that value is nothing objectively given, we highlight the role of emotions for answering the question how value attribution relates to the comparative value assessment of persons, practices, ideas, and objects.
doi:10.31235/osf.io/huwk3 fatcat:njuhneongjbv3jxazctjfjehvu